An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet : containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet
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An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet : containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet
- Publication date
- 1800
- Topics
- Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region, Buddhism -- Bhutan, Lamas -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Early works to 1800, British -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800, Dge-lugs-pa (Sect), Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel, Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization, Bhutan -- Description and travel
- Publisher
- London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. : Sold by Messrs. G. & W. Nicol
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 1.2G
xxviii, 473 pages, [14] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 30 cm
In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759-1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, was originally published in 1800 and remained the only such English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel Davis, Turner interweaves geographical and scientific observations with descriptions of social and religious customs; the vivid account of his reception by the infant Panchen Lama is of particular note. The introduction sketches the history of Bengal-Bhutan relations and George Bogle's prior mission, while later sections deal with Tibet and the influence of China. This was and remains an invaluable account of eighteenth-century diplomacy
Some of the plates signed: Lieut. S Davis del, James Basire sc. One aquatint by De la Motte after Stubbs
Includes bibliographical references
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In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759-1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, was originally published in 1800 and remained the only such English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel Davis, Turner interweaves geographical and scientific observations with descriptions of social and religious customs; the vivid account of his reception by the infant Panchen Lama is of particular note. The introduction sketches the history of Bengal-Bhutan relations and George Bogle's prior mission, while later sections deal with Tibet and the influence of China. This was and remains an invaluable account of eighteenth-century diplomacy
Some of the plates signed: Lieut. S Davis del, James Basire sc. One aquatint by De la Motte after Stubbs
Includes bibliographical references
extracted picklist 20081216
Notes
Some plate text cropped at gutter. Page 469/470: page creased, obscuring text. No copyright page.
- Addeddate
- 2020-02-29 01:31:37
- Associated-names
- Davis, Samuel, 1760-1819, illustrator; Saunders, Robert, active 1782-1790, contributor; W. Bulmer and Co., printer; G. & W. Nicol, bookseller
- Call number
- 39088002739761
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- External-identifier
-
urn:oclc:record:855341874
- Foldoutcount
- 2
- Identifier
- accountofembass00turn
- Identifier-ark
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- Identifier-bib
- 39088002739761
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- Pages
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- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
- Ppi
- 300
- References
- English Short Title Catalog, T136507
- Republisher_date
- 20200228132719
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Republisher_time
- 1574
- Scandate
- 20200226233457
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- Title_id
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- Worldcat (source edition)
- 6180363
- Full catalog record
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